It's posited on a misunderstanding of bebop. Although fast and chromatically dense, bebop was structured - harmonically, above all. Those who couldn't grasp the harmonic element, or be bothered to grasp it, took the speed and energy and jettisoned difficult harmonic control as symbolising a political oppressive old regime. Result: musical bollocks.
@jazztitch Why does music need a harmonic structure? just because you place harmony as the primary force of music doesn't mean other people have to. Texture, timbre, gesture and rhythm are all fundamental elements to music, why not explore them and bring them to the forefront and not be a slave to harmony?
I admit that I'm not crazy for Jazz... this piece, to my ear, is just made up of scales without a melody behind. The player has a gr8 technical skill this is clear enough for everybody but I only listen to a long time nonsense notefall. However it's just my ear.. fortunately the music is something that everyone listen to in different way. I'm just asking myself how will it be to listen to an entire concert of this kind of notefall.. what an headache will it be!
@glend3 why not add harmony and make it even better? @rpiket why bother with free when you can play bebop?
jazztitch 2 months ago
There's really delicately composed but seemingly unstructured, layered, chaotic sound-bending freeform jazz, and then there's crazy virtuoso wankfests like this. Awful.
FlyingFuckstorm 5 months ago
I saw him three nights ago here in Montreal and it was unforgettable. A brilliant musician and a real gentleman.
steinber 8 months ago
Yes, the only reason he can play like this is because he has a grasp of changes. Learn to get free. Love it.
yoyo23man23 9 months ago
It's posited on a misunderstanding of bebop. Although fast and chromatically dense, bebop was structured - harmonically, above all. Those who couldn't grasp the harmonic element, or be bothered to grasp it, took the speed and energy and jettisoned difficult harmonic control as symbolising a political oppressive old regime. Result: musical bollocks.
jazztitch 1 year ago
@jazztitch I can play fast be-bop AND free. And you're completely wrong.
rpiket 1 year ago
@jazztitch Why does music need a harmonic structure? just because you place harmony as the primary force of music doesn't mean other people have to. Texture, timbre, gesture and rhythm are all fundamental elements to music, why not explore them and bring them to the forefront and not be a slave to harmony?
Glend3 2 months ago
Notefall, dewfall, starfall... ineffallble!
krring 1 year ago
I admit that I'm not crazy for Jazz... this piece, to my ear, is just made up of scales without a melody behind. The player has a gr8 technical skill this is clear enough for everybody but I only listen to a long time nonsense notefall. However it's just my ear.. fortunately the music is something that everyone listen to in different way. I'm just asking myself how will it be to listen to an entire concert of this kind of notefall.. what an headache will it be!
asdraban 1 year ago
@asdraban I think, by "notefall", you may mean "accident"..
jacktojack69 1 year ago
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It's noise... my ears are devasted! have you ever heard about real music?
asdraban 2 years ago
@asdraban of cours not... we doesn´t hear real music, like brtney spears... jajaja... we hear music of gods... jajaja... fucking loser
fabiactl 1 year ago
Thanks a lot for uploading this! Is it all improvisation?
r0udy 2 years ago
yes
jakethesnake10000 2 years ago
Fucking great player! I hear elements of Trane, Sonny Simmons and Ornette-mixed together with an individual vision and chops/soul. Wow!
musictflo 3 years ago
Brilliant...
groovinhigh 3 years ago
Chas..enjoyed talking with you today...enjoy your new melodica (make a youtube video for us sometime! :))!
billywraymusic 3 years ago
i love to listen as much as i love to play.
paul.
PaulMurphyJazzDrum 3 years ago
Powerful, deeply emotive free jazz... it's spectacular.
grahamlaur 3 years ago
frantic fantastic love it
cashure 4 years ago
charles, tell us how you REALLY feel....lolol i love this, blow!
blacgurl1 4 years ago
impresionante, gayle es un monstruo y el trio es perfecto
romanazua 4 years ago
hill is the man!! i feel priveleged i got to study with him!!!
ryche001 4 years ago
more please,thanks.
qtyqty4 4 years ago
There's a part 2 of this concert
jazzmovies 4 years ago